MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and County Commission Vice Chairman Isaiah Sankey have begun phase one of a long-awaited sanitary sewer infrastructure project.
Residents of the Madison Park Community have had sanitary concerns related to their septic tanks for decades. When WSFA spoke to residents about this issue in 2021, they said they were frustrated with the health hazards and costs related to maintaining their septic tanks.
Now, the city of Montgomery is commencing this sanitary sewer infrastructure project to address these concerns. Sankey says this project will improve residents’ health concerns.
“You know the health hazards associated with septic tanks, particularly if they are leaking,” Sankey said. “You’ve got spoilage, bacteria, and other agents that can cause physical harm, particularly to the respiratory system, and so it’s a health hazard to have a faulty septic tank. Being here in the city of Montgomery, a very prosperous city, we think that these people deserve to be on city sewer.”
About 150 homes in the Old Selma Road, Madison Park, and Hunter Station communities will be affected. The City of Montgomery’s waterworks and sanitary sewer board will oversee and manage the design and construction of the sewer infrastructure. Phase one will include engineering, land surveys, geotechnical work, easement acquisitions and other foundational tasks.
“I am excited that at some point, you will be able to flush the toilet and it will go to the city sewer system for processing,” Sankey said.
The project is primarily funded by the American Rescue Plan passed by President Biden in 2021. The city and county of Montgomery have each committed one point four million dollars to fund phase one of the project.
Sankey says the city will continue to provide updates as this project progresses.
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